Michael Hamilton 10/27/26 Michael Hamilton 10/27/26

Portland Rents Turn Up as New Supply Shrinks

Portland apartment starts fell 58% this year while asking rents posted their best three months since July 2024. Yardi Matrix data on rents, jobs, supply and sales, through August 2026.

Michael Hamilton 10/19/26 Michael Hamilton 10/19/26

Invest in Portland Multifamily

How passive LP investing in Portland apartment development works: the supply setup, the capital stack and development spread, taxes, the timeline, and ten questions to ask any sponsor.

Michael Hamilton 10/16/26 Michael Hamilton 10/16/26

Portland’s Incentive Stack: What It Covers, and When It Ends

Portland waived SDCs on new housing through September 2028. What it covers, how MULTE and inclusionary housing fit, and what year one produced.

Michael Hamilton 10/16/26 Michael Hamilton 10/16/26

Syndication or REIT: Two Ways to Own Real Estate

A REIT trades like a stock. A syndication owns one building. How liquidity, control, taxes and risk differ, from a Portland multifamily developer.

Michael Hamilton 5/23/26 Michael Hamilton 5/23/26

Portland developer on tools to spur housing construction

Read Portland Business Journal Article

Michael Hamilton 5/6/26 Michael Hamilton 5/6/26

Portland Multifamily Outlook Q2 ‘26

Michael Hamilton 2/24/26 Michael Hamilton 2/24/26

Portland’s Economic Landscape: Implications for CRE Investors

Portland is not a consensus market right now.

Markets look different depending on where you sit. From our vantage point — underwriting land, pricing construction in real time, navigating entitlement timelines, and forecasting lease-up 24 to 36 months out — the picture is more nuanced than the headlines suggest.

Michael Hamilton 1/26/26 Michael Hamilton 1/26/26

Where Portland Multifamily Stood Heading Into 2026

That combination created a perfect storm. Developers pulled back. Capital paused. Very few groups were willing to deploy money into land acquisition or early-stage development, because it became difficult to justify purchasing non-income producing land that simply didn’t have a clear exit strategy.

Michael Hamilton 11/3/25 Michael Hamilton 11/3/25

Multifamily Development Through a Single-Purpose SPV

Investing in Multifamily Real Estate Development through Structured SPV’s

Michael Hamilton 10/20/25 Michael Hamilton 10/20/25

17 transformational real estate projects we're watching this fall

Read Portland Business Journal Article featuring Seneca Development Co.

Michael Hamilton 10/8/25 Michael Hamilton 10/8/25

DJC Oregon 2025 Power List

Seneca Development Co. has been named to the Daily Journal of Commerce’s 2025 Power List

Michael Hamilton 10/3/25 Michael Hamilton 10/3/25

State of the Market, Q4 2025: Portland’s Pipeline Hits New Lows

As we enter Q4 of 2025, the writing on the wall is now unmistakable: institutional capital is back in Portland, buying at compressed cap rates and betting on scarcity.